Contribution of the polymyalgia rheumatica activity score to glucocorticoid dosage adjustment in everyday practice

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 310-313

  Cleuziou, Caroline ^a   Binard, Aymeric ^a   De Bandt, Michel ^b   Berthelot, Jean Marie ^c   Saraux, Alain ^a  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Robert Ballanger CHRB   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Disease activity score; PMR AS; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA ACTIVITY SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PREDNISONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856530490     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110866     Document Type: Article

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